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Regions of New Zealand

Name the 16 regions of New Zealand.
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Last updated: May 2, 2019
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First submittedDecember 7, 2015
Times taken20,500
Average score50.0%
Rating4.62
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Population
Region
1,570,500
Auckland
287,100
Bay of Plenty
586,500
Canterbury
47,400
Gisborne
160,100
Hawke's Bay
234,500
Manawatu-Wanganui
45,300
Marlborough
49,900
Nelson
Population
Region
168,300
Northland
215,100
Otago
97,300
Southland
115,800
Taranaki
49,500
Tasman
439,200
Waikato
496,900
Wellington
32,700
West Coast
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Level 76
Dec 7, 2015
This looks familiar! Also accept Whanganui?
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Level ∞
Dec 7, 2015
Okay
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Level 45
Apr 1, 2016
Yes, should be Whanganui. (Dialect difference in Maori confused the spelling for many years).
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Level 84
Mar 31, 2016
I put Abel Tasman! Great quiz, 14/16.
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Level 68
Sep 22, 2016
My children are direct descendants of Abel Tasman!
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Level 79
May 7, 2019
What about you?
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Level 66
May 9, 2019
Probably enjoys adult funtimes with a direct descendant of Abel Tasman!
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Level 42
Apr 4, 2021
wait really no way
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Level 28
Dec 31, 2021
Alright, amm is kinda sus
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Level 84
May 7, 2019
Got them all this time. Jack, I'm sure kiwiquizzer probably has a spouse in that family line. :-)
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Level 79
Feb 23, 2021
Oh :-D
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Level 65
Mar 31, 2016
Do you come from the Bay of Plenty? Do you know the Marlborough Man? The West Coast girls are really hip. Nelson and Tasman. Northland and Southland are easy to remember, unless they are territories or provinces.

I didn't get any. I could have got Aukland and Wellington. Christchurch would have failed. Its a city. I think

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Level 61
Apr 2, 2016
Thanks for the quiz!
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Level 14
Dec 1, 2016
Could you please make another one like this, but only give it one minute?
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Level 52
Dec 26, 2016
Been to 12 of the 16 regions
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Level 77
Aug 1, 2017
For those interested NZ Provincial Rugby Map Quiz
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Level 48
Oct 6, 2018
0/16, I can only divide NZ into North and South Island and neither one is a part of this quiz.
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Level 60
May 17, 2023
I just guessed the 2 cities I knew for a free point.
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Level 75
May 7, 2019
American here, and I only got two. I kept trying until now I know them all. (I'm glad there aren't fifty to remember like we have.)
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Level 68
May 7, 2019
Yay, well done. I have been practising capitals of USA states and American presidents.
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Level 28
Jul 9, 2021
I’ve been practicing russian federal subjects, prefectures of Japan, and this.
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Level 48
May 7, 2019
I've never done this bad in a quiz, a whopping 2/16 with Auckland and Wellington.
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Level 82
May 7, 2019
Yay I got 1 point.
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Level 78
May 7, 2019
yay me too
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Level 46
May 22, 2019
I am sad to find out that New Zealand is in fact not Middle Earth. And because of that I got 0
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Level 32
Dec 6, 2019
West coast

also very often referred to as Westland

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Level 32
Oct 5, 2021
Please accept HB for Hawkes Bay. Love the quiz!
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Level 54
Nov 14, 2021
I only got 2
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Level 67
Jan 20, 2023
Manawatū-Whanganui is the correct spelling
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Level 75
Apr 25, 2023
When Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu enters the room:
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Level 21
Jan 14, 2024
I love how the guess rate for Auckland and Wellington are >90%, but anything besides that drops to barely 50% or less successful guesses
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Level 55
Jan 17, 2024
Tairawhiti should be allowed for Gisborne.
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Level 72
Jan 23, 2024
How is Tasman the least guessed? I didn't actually know any of them, but Tasman was my third guess.